GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evenhanded | fair |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| encompass | include |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |